Why is Obama obsessed with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity?

It is very simple....he wants this bail out plan to go through and both Rush and Hannity are against it and speak out against it. A lot of the public is not for another round of bail outs and hearing them only makes them not want it more. So therefore he does not want poeple to listne to them so they are more likely to suport his plan. Basically he wants us to only listen to the news that supports him and his ideas. You know the press railed against Bush for 8 years and you never once heard Bush tell people who to and to not listen to. Looks like our new president is senstive to any critizism about him or his ideas. He had better get used to it. No one is always going to agree with him.

Hello Taskr, Why? Fear, of course! Obama would do well to remember that that kind of irrational fear is often the undercurrent of self-fulfilling prophecy! The forces of CHANGE are most definitely in play, and I interpret this as a line being drawn in the sand. If I was a betting woman, I would not bet against the tenacity or the stamina of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity! Both have proved themselves formidable cultural forces over the span of time. Me thinks Obama may be biting off more than he can chew.

I listen to Hannity and Limbaugh, but not regularly. I enjoy their commentary. i also listen to Beck and O'Reilly. I believe a lot of what they stand for. But when listening to these guys, you have to have the smarts to have your own opinion. I think it is hilarious that Obama is scared. He should be. the purpose of these guys is to bring things to our attention. When you hear it from them, then you should do a bit of research yourself. For instance, Glen Beck is the person who made such a big deal about the contraceptives in the stimulus plan, now it has been taken out. Yay! This is why Obama is scared. they actually do have a bit of pull.

I doubt that he is obsessed with them. I think that he does not like hatemongers. Hannity and Limbaugh are just happy with spewing hated and dislike all over the airwaves. I'd like to see one of them running the conuntry. If they are so admantly opposed to what is happening why dont they put there money where there mouth is and run for public office.

Well Taskr, last I checked this is still a free republic, unless that changed over night. I don't know who Hannity is but I know Rush. Though I may not agree with him, Rush is the man I listened to in Alaska to learn more on current situations in the lower 48. I have my own personal reasons as to why I do not listen to Rush anymore but must give him credit where credit is due. He uses his 1st Amendment right well and enough to upset the system to get people to pay attention. I don't read the post or the times either just so you know. It is true, when someone just continues to rant and rave, they get tuned out. Perhaps Mr. Obama is afraid something might be found out. Isn't that the main reason why people protest far too much? Take care, Aingealicia Just so you know, those cases on GitMo are here at the courts in NYC and thank you for posting what you did about it. I know we rarely get along and you added me as a lark, but I do read your post and answer when I know I can

Because they are the ones who have always dished it out straight, not just before Obama. They also have enough clout to be heard, even if you don't listen to them. They get quoted elsewhere. He also was unable to silence them with his army of lawyers and followers during the campaign as it apparently happened to other critical media outlets. It's simple, if people here critical voices, no matter how far out there (and let's face it Limbaugh can be extreme), there seems to remain a little nagging voice inside their head to see whether there might even be a little sliver of truth to what this person is saying. If you only hear approval all around, well, even if you have doubts, you might more likely think that you are just imagining thinks. After all, everybody else seems to think it's just right what Obama says... Shortly said, they are undermining him and he seems to hate critics. Don't worry, the he'll get them silenced through the fairness doctrine....

I wish he'd just ignore them.

OK, I'll bite - when did Obama "DEMAND" Republicans not listen to Limbaugh? I know he said, and I'm paraphrasing, "Nothing will get done just by listening to Rush Limbaugh." That is hardly demanding that they don't listen to the buffoon! You really can't get over Chris Matthews making that silly remark about the tingly feeling, can you? I doubt you've ever heard when Chris has had some tough questions for Obama supporters and other Democrats throughout the campaign or when he's had some serious criticism of them, have you? Annie

I've yet to hear Obama demand that Republicans stop listening to Rush. I've heard him say, "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done." However, anyone who understands the details of the situation knows he's talking about how listening to Rush Limbaugh could be detrimental to bipartisan efforts. As for complaining about Hannity and Rush - what critically thinking American doesn't? If complaining about a person makes you afraid of them, then Hannity and Rush should be terrified of Obama. I complain about them constantly - but I just plain old hate their guts. Fear has nothing to do with it. I was too young to keep up with politics when Clinton was in the Oval Office, so I don't remember if he ever did take a stab at the right-wing media. I do think, however, that Obama has a lot of growing up to do. Hopefully within the next year he'll know better not to respond to the stupid statements made by Rush and is ilk.

well i have no idea whats been happening with that because im not up on the news and im sick of hearing about obama so i havent been reading or watching much when they go on and on about him.. lol. but if he is telling people to not listen to some one based on his personal feelings towards him then i think that is wrong.. obama is in a huge position of power and to me trying to tell some one to not listen to another one would be abusing that power and freedom of speech.. but if those two guys are saying like obama did something awful and its not true and like a slander thing then i can understand obama saying to not listen. but if they are doing what they always do (such as rush being way overly opinionated) and have done to every one else then i think its petty for obama to even draw attention to it.. but like i said i havent followed the news lately so i dont know what is going on.. if there is like some huge thing and they are falsely accusing obama of something bs then yeah i can see it being ok in standing up for himself.. but regular bs?? he should just let it go.. him bringing them up is just making them get that much more attention

I think Obama's afraid of Hannity and Limbaugh because he knows they have a lot of influence with their listeners, and because he knows they make sense. The difference between conservative and liberal talk radio is that the only things the liberals do are gripe and complain about the conservatives; the conservatives gripe and complain about the liberals, but they tell you what they think needs to be done to make the situation better. For conservatives it's, here's the problem, here's the solution. With liberals it's, here's the problem and it's all Bush's or the conservatives fault.

He's worried about Rush and Hanity getting the truth out to us. He's trying to shame anyone who might watch and/or listen to them. I'm surprised he hasn't called them both "racist" yet. Next week he'll probably start working to get that Unfairness bill passed.

I haven't heard enough from Obama about them to think he is "obsessed." I dont know how you come to that conclusion. It is understandable, however. The media controls how the public perceives public officials. If all of the conservatives/republican are just listening to Limbaugh and Hannity, they are getting some of the most biased reports in the world. I know for a fact Limbaugh is a horrible radio person. My father listens to him and he is despicable. Never once has he found anything nice to say about Obama (or democrats/liberals for that matter). He keeps saying how "biased" and "evil" the "liberal media" is, however he is worse because it is always about his point of view (which is scewed in the first place). I have never despised a news person as much as him.

I think it's odd that people are called hatemongers when they tell a version of the truth that is in opposition to soemone else's version of the truth. I am not a fan of Rush or Hannity, nor am I a fan of CBS news or CNN. I feel all of them lean toward one side or the other and that the real facts can be found somewhere in between. I do think that the newly elected Obama and his fellow democrats don't like it when someone says something that isn't in praise of their "good deeds" or that isn't a step from hero worship. I think it's too early in his presidency to be able to judge what kind of president he will be and his mettle has yet to really be tested...rather than jump on the he's so great bandwagon, I'd rather take a wait and see stance. I also think that you can be like the little boy that cried wolf...if you keep complaining that the "republican attack machine" is after you then if/when the "republican attack machine" is really after you, nobody will be listening to your cries for help. I think it's time for a new day in politics when people have to stand up for what they think and feel and stop towing the party line....this is America, where are all the free thinkers?

Because the little wimp can't handle anyone not bowing down to him and kissing his ring.

He is very used to most of the TV media heaping nothing but praise on him and tearing down his opponents and putting them in the worst possible light by the way they do their interviews and cover their stories and even their body language. So he can't stand it when someone speaks against him, especially when a lot of it is the truth that he prefers no one know about.

Because left wing fanatical bed wetting liberals always want the opposition silenced. They do not want freedom of speech and any criticism, they want to be the criticiser and the only view and voice heard.

Maybe he is on their payroll. After all, negative publicity is still.. publicity.

I would suppose that the president does have some sort of ill feeling towards these people as he has mentioned them a number of times. It could be possibly his publicity agent that is manipulating the whole thing to a point where he doesn't see the implications that are arising from this. Crocket.

i have been wondering about this and it dosnt make sense i would say